Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar edited an anthology of verse called “Urban Nature.” She talks about it with Jim Fleming and reads some of her favorites.
How do young people in Burma use karaoke as a form of political protest?
Liaquat Ahamed talks about the parallels between the recent financial meltdown and the events that led up to the Great Depression. Both situations involved bubbles, and errors by the Federal Reserve System.
John Alderman tells Steve Paulson that once young people figured out how to share music on the Internet, the floodgates were opened.
Michael Dirda tells Anne Strainchamps that modern readers of Beowulf owe a great deal to J.R.R. Tolkien.
Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner- a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew- tell Jim Fleming how they came together after 9-11 with the goal of writing a children's book and shared their experiences and religious perspectives.
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